A performance evaluation framework for construction and demolition waste management: stakeholder perspectives
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 4 June 2020
Issue publication date: 20 October 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to develop a performance evaluation framework for construction and demolition waste management (CDWM); second, to investigate feasible and effective strategies to improve the CDWM performance.
Design/methodology/approach
A review of the literature highlighted a lack of comprehensive research to evaluate CDWM performance of key project stakeholders, like owners, contractors and consultants. After the identification of 22 performance variables through a pilot study, a first questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the views of respondents toward CDWM performance. The 132 responses were analyzed using factor analysis to determine specific CDWM performance factors, which formed a conceptual performance evaluation framework of CDWM. Furthermore, a practical index (PI) was proposed to integrate the feasibility and effectiveness of CDWM strategies. The values of PI were employed to prioritize CDWM strategies from data collected in a second questionnaire survey.
Findings
The validated results from factor analysis revealed that the conceptual performance evaluation framework of CDWM consists of six factors; and the attitude toward CDWM emerged as the foremost critical factor. The prioritization of PI values indicated that raising CDWM awareness among construction stakeholders was the most feasible and effective strategy for CDWM.
Originality/value
This CDWM performance evaluation framework is one of the first to holistically evaluate CDWM from key stakeholder perspectives. In addition, the PI firstly enables quantitative integration of the feasibility and effectiveness of CDWM strategies.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their gratitude to all the survey participants for their great support in data collection and the four anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and invaluable contributions. This work was supported by the Pukyong National University Research Abroad Fund in 2017 (C-D-2017-0972).
Citation
Kim, S.Y., Nguyen, M.V. and Luu, V.T. (2020), "A performance evaluation framework for construction and demolition waste management: stakeholder perspectives", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 27 No. 10, pp. 3189-3213. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-12-2019-0683
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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